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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was a little disappointed that there was no mention of Alex Cross in this book. Technically, he was mentioned once but it was the first page of the book or even the prologue.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Classism
Great book. I usually do not like books Patterson has written with other authors. This book was really good. Reminded me alot of Grisham's "A Time to Kill"
I would have liked this book more if they hadn't used the obvious marketing ploy of putting Alex Cross's name on the cover when he had nothing to do with the story. That bugs me. But a quick, good read otherwise.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I gave up reading James Patterson books a while ago because I felt they were becoming too repetitive. S.O.S., as they say. But I was intrigued a few months ago when I discovered The Murder of King Tut, a decent enough historical fiction novel. Then my wife turned me on to this, another piece of historical fiction set in Mississippi around the turn of the 20th Century.
Ben Corbett is a D.C. lawyer who takes civil rights cases like they're going out of style, despite them being low pay and high involvement. So when President Theodore Roosevelt, his former commander in the Spanish-American War, asks him to provide a true assessment on the state of lynchings in Corbett's birthtown of Eudora, Mississippi, he jumps at the chance. What he finds is far more horrific than he expected or remembers from his childhood.
First off, the title is a misnomer. It's not about Alex Cross save for the first few pages. DO NOT go in thinking this is an Alex Cross mystery. It does, however, involve the Cross family. And, while I enjoyed Corbett's investigation and the subsequent activities, I have to say it was a bit predictable and the ending left too many loose ends that I had otherwise been looking forward to seeing cleaned up.
Ben Corbett is a D.C. lawyer who takes civil rights cases like they're going out of style, despite them being low pay and high involvement. So when President Theodore Roosevelt, his former commander in the Spanish-American War, asks him to provide a true assessment on the state of lynchings in Corbett's birthtown of Eudora, Mississippi, he jumps at the chance. What he finds is far more horrific than he expected or remembers from his childhood.
First off, the title is a misnomer. It's not about Alex Cross save for the first few pages. DO NOT go in thinking this is an Alex Cross mystery. It does, however, involve the Cross family. And, while I enjoyed Corbett's investigation and the subsequent activities, I have to say it was a bit predictable and the ending left too many loose ends that I had otherwise been looking forward to seeing cleaned up.